You can always rely on jovial regular Brighton concert attendee “Two Pints Jules” (one in each hand) to come up with a witty quip and tonight was no exception. I haven’t witnessed that for many a year. I could obviously hear Luke Beirne’s drums being pounded and on that note, I can reveal that he did actually get a tad over enthusiastic and physically broke his snare drum midway through the set. I couldn’t even hear Joe McVeigh’s guitarwork on the opposite side of the stage. But the only thing they are stealing tonight is the crowd’s hearts!įionn Reilly from Enola Gay live at The Prince Albert, Brighton 1.4.22 (pic Nick Linazasoro)įor the duration of the Enola Gay performance I was stationed at the front immediately in front of Adam Cooper’s rumbly Fender Jazz bass on stage left (our right) and oh what a joy it was! That top ‘E’ note was rarely strayed from all night. It’s the Irish charm, whether it’s North or South of the border! Hypothetically speaking, if back in the day the police were to somehow find Enola Gay parked in their tourmobile near a church in the early hours of the morning, the rozzers would wrongly assume that the band were intent on stealing the lead off of the roof. I must also flag up that my own encounters with all four of these Irish bands begins with them asking my name and shaking my hand and saying “pleased to meet you!”. Maybe this was to reflect that they were coming at us from the Emerald Isle or possibly it was to mimic the shade of spring green (shamrock green) found on the Irish flag? But I must ‘flag’ up that these lads hail from north of the border in Belfast, home of Stiff Little Fingers as opposed to Thumper from Dublin and The Undertones from Derry.
Unusually the lighting on stage this evening remained on green all night, instead of the burn-out red. We were given a whole dozen compositions this evening and the longer their set went on for, the more intense the crowd became. Luke Beirne from Enola Gay live at The Prince Albert, Brighton 1.4.22 (pic Nick Linazasoro)